All Creatures Great and Small star reveals how two ton BULL left cast and crew running after it escaped on set
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A star of All Creatures Great and Small has revealed how a two-ton bull left cast and crew stranded after escaping on set.
The series, which is set to return to Channel 5 for a festive special airing on Monday, descended into chaos as filming took a dramatic turn.
Nicholas Ralph, who plays James Herriot, recalled a scary incident during an earlier series when a bull escaped.
He told it The sun: ‘We had one bull weighing two tons. This was similar to one of the earlier series, but we went in a direction, through one field to another field.
‘Then we just heard a kind of do-do-do, a bit like Jurassic Park. And so we turned around and we just saw a two-ton bull racing towards us.
“So we just parted ways, like it was me, the director and the DOP. I think we parted like the Red Sea, like two of us went that way, one of us went that way, and the bull ran right through it.”
An All Creatures Great and Small star has revealed how a two-ton bull left cast and crew stranded after escaping on set
Nicholas Ralph, who plays James Herriot, told The Sun: ‘We had one two-ton bull. Then we just heard a kind of do-do-do, a bit like Jurassic Park’ (Rachel Shenton as Helen Herriot and Nicholas as James depicted)
He continued: ‘So we turned around and we just saw this two-ton bull racing towards us’ (stock image
Since the comforting drama first appeared in September 2020, fans have been hooked on the lives of vet James Herriot, his wife Helen and their friends at Skeldale House.
With its positive outlook and warming stories, the series is loosely inspired by the popular novel series written by real-life veterinarian James Herriot.
The show returned for series five in September and has since been recommissioned for a further two seasons.
The titular veterinarian’s name was actually just the pseudonym of the real surgeon, James Alfred Wight.
The doctor, nicknamed Akf, was born in Sunderland in 1916 and moved to Scotland at the age of three.
As in the period drama, the medical professional lived and worked for his employer.
The family and employer were so close that Donald was James’ best man at his wedding.
James practiced as a veterinarian for nearly five decades while solidifying himself as a successful author.
He added: And so we turned around and we just saw a two-ton bull racing towards us. “So we just parted ways, like it was me, the director and the DOP. I think we parted like the Red Sea’
His book series, which debuted in the 1970s with If Only They Could Talk, sold 60 million copies worldwide.
He retired in 1989 and was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years later, but died in 1995 at the age of 78.
His two children, Jim and Rosie, supported the TV adaptation and believed their father would be very pleased with it.
Jim Wright previously said: ‘I hope and believe that this can be a relief for the people of this moment. Would my father have approved? Oh, I think so.’
James’ daughter Rosie Page added: “We feel there is a very big generational gap between those who grew up with Herriot and those who have never heard of him and we think there is a whole new generation who have never who has read beautiful books.’